The half-belt overcoat / translated by Leo Shtutin --
Calligraphy lesson / translated by Marian Schwartz --
The blind musician / translated by Marian Schwartz --
Language saved / translated by Marian Schwartz --
Nabokov's inkblot / translated by Mariya Bashkatova --
Of saucepans and star-showers / translated by Leo Shtutin --
The bell towers of San Marco / translated by Sylvia Maizell --
In a boat scratched on a wall / translated by Marian Schwartz.

"Calligraphy Lesson: The Collected Stories is the first English-language collection of short stories by Mikhail Shishkin, the most acclaimed contemporary author in Russia, including four stories that have been published in various English-language sources (Words Without Borders, Read Russia Anthology, Spolia, the Independent) and four previously untranslated stories (including two previously unpublished in any language)." -- From the publisher's description.